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History
In 1485 Henry Tudor, of Welsh descent, won the Battle of Bosworth and became the first Welsh King of England. This marked the end of the War of Roses and established the Welsh lineage to the English throne.
Person
Saint David: (Dewi Sant in the Welsh language) is the patron saint of Wales.
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Film
Love in the Welsh Hills: (1920) directed by Bernard Dudley and starring James Knight and Marjorie Villis.
Source: IMDb
Number
83,000: hectares of areas of outstanding natural beauty in Wales (in 2002).
Thing
The leek: is known to have been displayed as a Welsh emblem in 1536 and Shakespeare acknowledged this as an ancient custom in Henry V.
Song
Land of my Fathers: The Welsh National Anthem
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Recipe
Welsh Rarebit
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Wordplay
Can you find 17 words of three letters or more from the letters ‘WALES’. All of the words must be listed in the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionaries.
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Literature
A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas
http://www.bfsmedia.com/MAS/Dylan/Christmas.html
Date
1588: the Bible was first published in Welsh. This is considered by some as one of the most important events in helping to continue the Welsh language.
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